Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-06-11
Willow CREEK VICINITY,

III RtNrANE.N . 't.' -
time since | wrote you "a line, and
thinking probably YOU would not OBJ
iect to hcarin. from this corner OF the
county. | will. with YOUR permission,
eutcavor to eve You - lew ;icm'.
We have had plenty Of Il .ani the
corn and cotton. A. we'll a other crops.
are looking wei ana doing fine. We
had some hail one Or wo days last
week. but not enough to do ally harm
Tie oat crop i, NOW being harvested,
and in this part.ot the county it is de-
ciAed better than usual. | have been
from here to Deha.b. homper Co, re.
GENTLY. BY private conveyance. anu
must say that | was gralitied with the
crop prospects all along the road, and
all 80 clean aud 20 well worked. The
corn crop This year, | think, i fine and
specially promising. | did not see but
one. ra,>y crop OIL The way between
here and nckalb. and that belonged
to a freedman, but as or "Hamby
friend" SAYS, it is. probably in keeping
with his education, He, too, expect,
will need the assistance OF the legl-la-
tors an6 the County ~upt, Ii he ha>
that Two Dollar, tax TO pay, he Wi.
certainly need the assistance OF some
one. expect he will run away.
Chas. +. Russell. venture II say.
has the best oat crop IN the County
taking everything into consideration.
1t is by tar the best L | have seen
anywhere, Kerupcr county not except
Ell. Captain Charley Has also, a hne
corn crop. the best one on Big sun
Creek. and if there Is any cotton made
in .thi, county, Capt, Charley Will
make some OF it. He j. IN energetic,
thorough.goiug, business ,nan, aud a
model farmer. lie is an honorable,
high.tuucd Gentleman, one whose
wcrd i, hi bond. too high minded to
,toop to tricks and too noble hearted
to prarticc them. lie is the very man
that we need in District 1 to represent
Il. in county affairs. II he * elected
to the Office of supervisor lie VIII be
an honor to the county. Give rs tour
more like him, and III defy the state
to show amore efficient Board. Those
who know Chas. 3. Russell personally
know him 10 tie solid and know Linn
10 be the right man for the place.
That he will be elected does not admit
OF 4 doubt.
We see other candidates once in a
while. We are ALWAYS glad to see
them come around, They are joYinI
and entertaining and they bring us
the news from all parts of the county,
which we appreciate. We ike them
all. YES, that is the trouble; for that
reason we find it to be rather Il bard
matter for us to say which we will
vote for. They are all our friends,
and VIC don't want TO Wotnd the icrI-
ings ofany candidate by voting against
him, and We can't vote for all. What
are veto do? Well. have couciud-
Ell to let the caudidate'S qualifications
decide the matter for me,
This thing Of clccting men to office
ought not to hangOn friendship alone.
Good government requires that we
elect competent men TO Office. Men
who are qualified and capable OF do.
jgGhAGT PFhAf 'hsirEGfRdrRIf&i!ici
" - hi'.A' ''
we arc going to elect any man that
comes along..impIy because he is Il
rood fellow, we will have n0 use Tor
educated mon.
We attended the speaking At Mu-
81 Il awhile on 18th May. We cant..say
that any Of the speeches S"iied Us eX-
artly. Some Of them. we tlo1ght
".mackcd1 pretty loudly Of monarch
ism. This i a tree country, and WHY
do some Of or friends wish 10 enslNvc
Us, We were much pleased at what
our friends. Mcssrs. Helm aud Dis
nuke, said at olt making the Offices
elective. That is truly a Democrat C
principle. We think Mr.. Madison hit
The teachers a pretty hard lick when
Inc said "about the only dissatisfaction
arising from the school law cminatod
from that elias, of teachers who failed
to stand the examination" Mr.. Madl-
4nn T. the only man that ! ever heard
say chat is Il good and just law We
like Justice and fair play. We rather
expect that il the candidates for the
legislature were required to undergo
Il written examination before enter
ing the Legislative Halls, some might
not get in after being elected. some
of us gul our education like Mr.. Mad
i>On snys he got his-at a free school.
Consequently we are detective IN that
article. for who ever did get an cdurl
ton at a country free schOo,. We
think Mr.. Madison ought 10 be vii.
linz to meet those OF ~ who had to
take our chances tor nn education, rs
no implies re did, on hHII way grounds
II we think him competent to repre-
sent u in the Legislature, hc ought t'
allow W. TO teach the lltle country
schools we having had like Opp0tuni
ties ought TO be alike competent.
There il another thing we do noI
Ike in Mr.. Mr.. Madi-on's poliry-ths.
oi such rigid economy in government
affairs. We like economy and thinl
ii essential 10 good government, bt
we don't like the idea Of oppressin!
the laboring man 10 save "A few dollar
in The state and county treasury, W.
don't think the laboriDg men ought Il
! be forced 10 build all bridges 10 fee
. high and fifty feet long in the couni.
: free OF o p'n-ation, aiicr hnvlD,
! paid for the building Of the same b
! inxalion; nor do we think our teach
= crs ought TO be forced 10 work on pa.
which l. insufficient 10 meet their de
I mand-, for. The snkc OF saving n f.,
dollar. IN The treasury. That is ~
pressing ones people I o enrich III
y treasury. We don't mean any ~
kindncs. toward Mr.. Madison by lhes
9 remarks tor he and ! are good friend
I aud differ ouly IN politics. Outsid
i II politics | ain with him. ] hay
Ln6wn him long time and ! kno,
u him TO be II worthy man.
Sir. John White, OF Brooksvill,
= Miss. Presbyterian Minisier.iprcach
q Tor ~ once n month. ith sunday, {
t Yellow Greek church. We have
SUNDAY. Scbonl also ~ the same plac
n organized 81 sunday IN April ia,
We nrc, ! understand, TO have n da
school prclly soon. Mr.. John Viii
Il H. u most excellent preacher, and "
70 nh think much Of him. lie alwn!
.. breaches n good and instructive Sc
1. mon. We think he would make
e. most excellent SUPP, Of Education, M
y II there wns II vacancy In tho Office "
would suggest the idea 10 him.
p. lfii il moi asking too much, Mr.. II